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Charlie Musselwhite is Gettin’ The Blues

Charlie Musselwhite is Gettin’ The Blues. A Short Film about musician Charlie Musselwhite Featuring Dave Peabody. Charlie Musselwhite’s journey through the blues was from his birth in Mississippi to Memphis, Chicago and California. Arriving in Chicago in the early sixties, he was just in time for the epochal blues revival. In 1966 at the age […]

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Long Island Harmonica Club Meeting – open Invitation

Long Island Harmonica Club Meeting – open Invitation   All levels of Harmonica players are welcome.  If you are a beginner there is no better place to start.  If you are advanced, there is no better place to have fellow musicians hear and appreciate you. Each attendee is encouraged to play a tune or two […]

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Jamzone with your Hohner harmonica?

Hohner is now offering a 30-day Jamzone subscription with each new harmonica. More here or here at jam.hohner.de to learn more.

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Blown Away on The Bayou 2023 – Oct 18-22 – SPAH member discount available!

SPAH members in good standing receive a 10% discount on registration for Blown Away on The Bayou, organized by Grant Dermody. October 18-22, 2023 in Opelousas.

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Very Sad News – Buzz Krantz

It is with deep sadness that we must tell you the news that Buzz Krantz passed away today, Sunday, August 20th, 2023. Buzz attended the 60th Anniversary SPAH Convention in St. Louis as an honored SPAH Troubadour this past week. Last night, at the Awards Banquet, Buzz was awarded the 2023 President’s Award for his […]

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RIP Bud Boblink

Sad news of Bud Boblink. As we gather here in St Louis to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of SPAH, it with great sadness that we must note the passing yesterday of a longstanding and good SPAH friend, performer and member, Bud Boblink.  May his memory be a blessing. More will be said about Bud in […]

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SPAH Convention is “Best Bet” in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Thanks to Dan Neman and the team at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the 2023 SPAH Convention is a “Best Bet” for the week of August 11th. Click here, and scroll down  (I counted 13 pages) to August 15th events and you will find us! Lots more information is available under Upcoming Convention, on this website.

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New Album from SPAH Convention Headliner Jason Ricci

New Album from SPAH Convention Headliner Jason Ricci Harmonica Master Jason Ricci and The Bad Kind Get Behind the Veil on Debut Gulf Coast Records Album Coming September 29th Mark Pucci Media FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 1, 2023       Contact: Mark Pucci (770) 804-9555 / mark@markpuccimedia.com NEDERLAND, TX – Gulf Coast Records announces […]

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Free Hohner harmonica with Ronnie Shellist lesson this Saturday

  This Saturday. July 29th, Ronnie Shellist and Nic Clark will be hosting a Hohner Harmonica Workshop for players of all levels! The event will take place in Wheat Ridge, CO, from 2-4 P.M. at the Flesher Hinton Music Company.

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Paradise Coast Harmonica Workshop

Three days June 8-10, 2023 in Bonita Springs Florida, register at www.jerryfierro.com Learn from Jerry Portnoy, Todd Parrott, Steve Guyger, Jamey Garner, Scott Miccihe and Jerry Fierro

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